from my personal opinion i think that the top movies are (note that the order of the movie does not mean it any better, also note that these movies are currently avalible frim the date 3/12/10)
well those are all the movies that i find are or will be good to watch
The Longest Day was the top earning box office movie released in 1962 grossing a non inflation adjusted $39,100,000.
The only mildly successful movie that came out in April 1978 that I could find on the 'net is F.I.S.T with Sylvester Stallone.
The Sooner
According to Box Office Mojo, the No. 1 motion picture of 2000 was Ron Howard's live-action version of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The movie earned $260 million domestically and $85 million overseas for an overall take of $345 million.
Raiders of the Lost Ark was the top earning box office movie released in 1981 earning a non-inflation adjusted $230,329,080.
the top grossing movie of 2004 was titanic but now the top grossing movie is avatar and they are both by James something i cant spell his last name
The Lion King was the top grossing movie in 1994, grossing $951,583,777.
E.t.
Star Wars Episode 1Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,065,444 Box Office Gross
Titanic
1975
Love Story was the top grossing box office movie released in 1970 earning a non-inflation adjusted $106,400,000.
The Longest Day was the top earning box office movie released in 1962 grossing a non inflation adjusted $39,100,000.
The Ten Commandments was top movie in 1956 with a gross of $85,400,000 (not allowing for inflation, meaning that in real terms it would be a great deal more). Incidentally, in the same decade two other Biblical epics were the top grossing films of their year too: Ben Hur, grossing $73,000 in 1959 and Quo Vadis, grossing $30,000,000 in 1951. However, the top grossing movie of the whole of the 1950s was not a Biblical epic, but was "The Lady and the Tramp" grossing $93,600,000 in 1955.
its in top 5 box office grossing
The Dark Knight
Samuel l Jackson